Purse



June 2, 1931. F. L. ERIKSSON PURSE Filed Dec. 3, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 fY/forney. I

June 2, 1931. F. L. ERIKSSON PURSE Filed Dec. 3, 1928 2 Shaets-Sheet 2 20 edins from a' punsefaceorcling'to Patented June 2, 1931 UNITED 23 1 .341! ERIK QHM E Applieat ion fild Deoem-b egS, 1928 Serial; 1io.'323,469,"and iniS weden Ilecember10,=1827 Men usually carry their purses gin trousers-pocket and therefore, W1 9i QI BESQI is wearing antevercoat, itiisquite mubl to take out the -purs e,rtfor instance; in a street,

-5 in a street-car, onth. like. lithe-purse is placed ilqose in i an geutside pocket, one Hills the risk of dropping :thezp'urse. or'chav-ing it stolen, and this,.0f e0\;1rse,is. also. the ease with loose coins. wIn order ithout risk ,to

10 keep the 2 purse easily. accessible, for instanee in an Outer-pocket, it. must'be secured inisqm suitable 'mannerybut lILsSllCll casewthe purses now in1use :mustbe capable, of being-un- "fastened for; the; purpose of taking; 111 0011 which must either be piekeduper by folding up. thewpur-se; be" poured out of: the s 'ame,- and ineither case'itis necessany t0pull=the;p11rse out of the pqcket. "Furthermore, both hands will be occupied when opening andipicking any oft ,eenstructicns'hithertqknown. 1

The present invention relates t0 a spurs thebettfom ofwhich is adapted; t9 be; pened by a simple manipulation with the inside qf the hancl helclbelow thepnrse-in order tQ' let out coins into i the .hand. A purse arranged in: this i manner need thus not be. pulled "out of: the pocket, van cl may therefore be secured in anduter' poeketyen in any-ether easily accessible place. iThe' inlet-t-epening efitahe purse is preferably made in the shapeef a narrow sletithatis adapted to bev-elgs d y springaction, so thatthe'coins'can easilyybe put'int0:the punse after \whieh the. Qpning A is automatically'closed. and preventsthe coin from being takeneut ordisehanged th 'ay. There is thus no risk of the coins plaeerl inthe purse being stolen orShakenout.

In the accompanying dnawil'lgs ,tW'Q mbodiments of the 'inventien are illustrated. Figs; 1 and 2' showia purse-aecerding te. one embodiment of the invention, viewed from the side and in section 111 the line'lIrII in Fig. 1, respectively. Figs3 to 15' showsthe bettcm of: the purse; vie-wed I item the right inTig. 1 in. closed,.semi.-opened, andiully opened position,respectively. "Fig.1'161sl1QWS the upg er; portion. btrthe purse ringrass: section. igxlshews thexpanner eta-opening pert enei-flepet e aq qrding t a e c sl em- .bodimentm-i we tem the si e and item ;thQ; "-ight;inil? e-:8 vpa rt y in eeet e t sp e- .tif bk purse made ofqttleethen or etneng QlQ -h h pe o :a Po e Wh l may lbwpened e 2 th t p as W ll es.- i -the he oxe. The-,tQp1 Pe ne-2 W ehsen sw ntrodu e the e nsi the P rs is mended Qn e d the pla e spri g fi, and bel w s id emineche ln -slmped 1113-31 Stein Rig seem d tee ch e deoi he PRES? 1, said two st ipe be ng 've emelly' h d e ea ed agains eaeh -qthe hyymeensi ,qft e. $PF lg3 which is secured by means of twq spying links 32 tq the uten-sttipwi, hile the inne strip 4 is-t-secmfedit the nea PW-15.19.11 of the PlllP .byQft WQ-Qm9 pri l nk [Pmid. d., atth lowe ipq tiqn 0f e purs Je e wQ m tal edg gs v7 a d 8.'h n 1- -eeh ethwbymeamef hi pins 5 enchfiyan se ured-t9 eeehs dgin 'i leve 9 ee 10, .tesneetive y, h Qh e e. mqved iawey i m each ethe by: asp ring 1 mount d (man e .tensiQn-ottheh n e pin-firs thattthe ed egs and e e eld p essed a inst vQ1 1 ;an tl el v ,t

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In the half-open position shown in Fig. 4 in which the opening between the edgings 7 and 8 is large enough for letting out coins, the pins 14 have not yet been moved so far aside that the large coins above the same can pass, and therefore only the small coinsbelow the pins 14 are discharged. By pressing the levers 9 and 10 still further against each other the edgings 7 and 8 are moved to the position shown in Fig. 5, in which the pins 14 give free passage to the coins above the same, so that the purse will be completely emptied. Thus, if it is desired to remove small coins only from the purse, one moves the levers 9 and 10 slightly together to move the edgings 7 and 8 apart to halfopen position, which adjustment one easily grows accustomed to." When it is desired to take out also large coins, the levers 9 and 10 are moved further together, so that the bottom of the purse is opened completely and all coins drop out.

In the embodiment described, the pins 14 are rigidly secured to the strip 12, so that a comparatively large opening movement of the edgings 7 and 8 is required in order that the ends of the pins 14 shall give freepassage to the large coins. By making the pins 14 pivoted and allowing them to cooperate, for instance, with a cam disk or the like actuated when the levers 9 and 10 are pressed together,

said pins may be caused to drop in a certain opening position, again to be swung up by means of the cam disk when the levers 9 and 10 are released. In this case the edgings 7 and 8 may be given a less opening movement, but the device becomes more complicated.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs.- 8 and 9, pivotally mounted one above the other in a mounting 20 open at the bottom are a yoke 21 with a bottom 23, and a sleeve 22 open at the bottom and consisting of two portions pivoted to one another. Secured to the yoke 21 and to the outer portion of the sleeve 22 is a 'lever 24 and 25, respectively, each of which is adapted to be moved against the action of a spring 26against an arm 27 and 28, respectively, secured to the mounting 20. The pins '14 serving to assort the coins, are secured to the mounting 20. As will be seen from Fig. 8,

the upper edge of the front side of the mounting 20 is provided with approximately semicircular recesses 29 between the pins 14, which recesses are engaged by corresponding flaps 30 at the lower edge of the front portion of the sleeve 22. The purpose of this arrange- -ment is to render it possible for the large coins to place themselves between the pins 14 and to be discharged without being hindered by the upper edge of the front side of the mounting 20, the points 31 of which projecting close to the pins 14 still prevent the coins from moving past the ends of the pins down into the space for the small coins. With this arrangement it is possible to take out small coins only from the lower space, by moving the yoke 21 outwards, or large coins and such small coins as may remain in the upper space, by turning the outer portion of the sleeve 22 outwards, whereby, after a certain outward movement of said portion, the inner portion'of the sleeve 22 is entrained by a stop 35 provided at the lower edge of the outer portion of the sleeve striking against a pin 36 provided at one side of the inner portion of the sleeve.

The inner portion of the sleeve 22 is then turned so far outwards that the coins move free from the pins 14. By cautiously opening it is possible to take out only some of the coins in the two spaces. By the outer portion of the sleeve 22 being pivotally connected to the inner portion of the sleeve the coins are prevented from sticking in the sleeve. If the spring 26 actuating the lever 25 is not capable of counter-acting the outward pressure of the coins on the outer portion of the sleeve 22, so that said portion might swing out and discharge the coins above the pins 14, a suitable locking device may be provided for said outer portion which is released, for instance, upon actuation of the lever 25. i

i It will be understood that the purse can also be used with advantage by ladies, and be secured, for instance, to the inside of the coat, in an ordinary handbag, or in a pocket, ust as in a mans garment.

- The purse above described and illustrated is, of course, only selected as an example of a suitable manner in which the invention may be carried out, and may therefore be modified in several ways without departing from the principle of the invention.

I claim:

1. A purse having an upper inlet opening adapted to allow the simultaneous introduction of a number of coins of diiferent sizes, a normally closed bottom discharge opening adapted when open to effect the simultaneous discharge of several 'coins'of diflerent sizes contained in the purse above said discharge opening, said bottom discharge opening condischarge of several coins of diiierent sizes contained in the purse above said discharge opening, means dividing the inside of said purse into an upper and a lower space, said means allowing small coins only to pass into said lower space, and means for opening said bottom discharge opening and simultaneous 1y retracting said dividing means so as to permit communication between said upper and lower spaces.

FREDRIK LEONARD ERIKSSON. 

